Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1843
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Jesus is gone above the skies
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Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: Hymn 135 (part II)
Page Number: 112 (part II), click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJESUS is gone above the skies,
Where our weak senses reach him not;
And carnal objects court our eyes,
To thrust our Saviour from our thought.
He knows what wand'ring hearts we have,
Apt to forget his lovely face:
And to refresh our minds he gave,
These kind memorials of his grace.
The Lord of life this table spread
With his own flesh, and dying blood;
We on thy rich provision feed,
We taste the wine, and bless our God.
Let sinful sweets be all forgot,
And earth grow less in our esteem;
Christ and his love fill ev'ry thought,
And faith and hope be fix'd on him.
While he is absent from our sight,
'Tis to prepare for us a place;
That we may dwell in heav'nly light,
And live forever near his face.
Our eyes look upwards to the hills,
Whence our returning Lord shall come;
We wait thy chariot's awful wheels
To fetch our longing spirits home.